Sentence examples for couple thousands from inspiring English sources
The phrase "couple thousands" is not correct in standard written English
It is an informal expression that may be used in casual conversation but is not appropriate for formal writing. Example: "The project will cost a couple thousands more than we initially budgeted."
One of them was run by his wife, and was used to reimburse the couple thousands of dollars for meals, gas and long-distance calls.
Ever since "This Side of Paradise", money has poured in upon this young couple, thousands and thousands a month.
Kim Day, manager of aviation at Denver International Airport, said the lapse involved "a couple thousands of bags over a couple of days".
It ran under the title "That Sad Young Man" and, referring to both Fitzgeralds, Scott and Zelda, it said that "money has poured in upon this young couple, thousands and thousands a month.
A former News of the World journalist, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, and Thomas Savage, 39, the deputy news editor at the Daily Star Sunday, are accused of paying the couple thousands of pounds for the stories.
You settle for a couple thousands pounds (dollars, euros, etc).
Ultimately you need to decide if a couple hundreds off a hot tablet is worth all the work.
"If they come out heckling him, a couple three-pointers will stop that.
"She really wore her [Chang] down on defense then was unbelievable running our offense and hitting a couple threes.
"About 100,000 people signed up for beta, and we only had a couple tens of thousands ready to ship," he said.
Selling the place and buying a cheaper one elsewhere could have brought the couple hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra money for their retirement years.
